Where Are My Children?

Michael Jackson's nephew T.J. broke down in tears in court on Thursday (27Jun13) as he opened up about the late King of Pop, describing the star as his "mentor" following the tragic death of his mother in 1994. T.J. Jackson, son of Michael's brother Tito, testified in Los Angeles as part of the ongoing wrongful death trial against bosses at concert promoters AEG Live, and explained that he agreed to step up and become a co-guardian of the singer's three children because of the close relationship he had shared with his uncle.
The former 3T singer revealed the superstar had given him extra guidance as he struggled to come to terms with the drowning murder of his mum, DeDe Jackson, and he felt compelled to do the same for his young cousins, Prince Michael, Paris and Blanket, after the Thriller hitmaker's unexpected passing in 2009.
He acknowledged the troubles 15-year-old Paris has faced since the huge loss, although he stopped short of specifically mentioning her apparent suicide attempt which landed her in hospital earlier this month (Jun13).
He told the court that he was working hard to help the embattled teen, but confessed, "It's tough. She was daddy's girl. My uncle was her world."
Calling Paris the "princess" of the King of Pop's world, he added, "Paris has a heart of gold. I just think the loss of my uncle has hit her at a different level. She's in a tough spot, but we're all loving her and doing everything we can to get her where she should be."
The defence lawyers then aired a music video 3T had recorded with the pop icon, after which Jackson said, "He was just everything", before being overcome with emotion.
During the testimony, Jackson also touched on the paparazzi attention his three charges attract and claimed, "In my opinion, I know it's making everything harder for the kids to grieve and recover and progress."
He also used the opportunity to voice his support for actress Halle Berry and her efforts to ban snappers from taking pictures of stars' kids, saying, "I think it's awful what they get away with."
T.J. Jackson's testimony came a day after Prince Michael took the stand in the wrongful death case.
Jackson matriarch Katherine and the singer's three children are suing AEG Live chiefs amid allegations they were responsible for hiring Dr. Conrad Murray, who is serving time on involuntary manslaughter charges for administering the drug overdose which killed the King of Pop, and ignoring key signs the superstar was seriously ill prior to his passing in 2009.

Pregnant actress Halle Berry appeared before a legislative committee in California on Tuesday (25Jun13) to testify in support of a new anti-paparazzi bill preventing snappers from taking pictures of celebrity children. The Monster's Ball star has frequently clashed with photographers, and she has taken particular issue with members of the media camped outside her daughter's school waiting to get photos of the Oscar winner.
Speaking before the Assembly Committee on Public Safety at the Capitol in Sacramento, she revealed that her five-year-old daughter Nahla no longer wanted to go to class because of the presence of the paparazzi.
She told the lawmakers, "My daughter doesn't want to go to school because she knows 'the men' are watching for her. They jump out of the bushes and from behind cars and who knows where else, besieging these children just to get a photo."
Berry said she was speaking out as a "mother of a daughter and the baby boy in my belly" and added, "If it (the law) passes, the quality of my life and my children's lives will be dramatically changed."
Her testimony helped to win the bill the approval of the Committee members and it will now be passed to officials on the Assembly Judiciary Committee to clarify the language of the law which will limit the ability of the paparazzi to snap images of the children of celebrities and public figures without the permission of a legal guardian.

After a pretty erratic year in terms of creative exploration, Mad Men ends its sixth season on a pretty stellar note. Don't get me wrong — this week's episode, "In Care Of," is hardly without its flaws. From the excessive injection of the new Sterling Cooper &amp; Partners logo throughout the ep's first 10 minutes (could that billing removal be leading to something for Don?!), to the flashback sequences of which many of us have grown a bit weary, the season finale treads a little too on-the-nose in some instances. But serving more as a simple presentation of what will befall each of the major characters in the final season than as an actual standalone hour of television, it works. Because Mad Men seems to know exactly where it needs to take everybody on its team.
We'll begin with Pete, who suffers a disaster of a business meeting with Chevy, and the death (or at least maritime disappearance) of his senile mother, presumably at the hands of a gold-digging Manolo. Speaking personally, this latest episode might fork over the most sympathetic view of Pete Campbell we've seen in Mad Men's six years on air. Not for the loss of his mother, but for a scene in which he is pressured by the Chevy representatives, and a manipulative Bob Benson, to take their new stick shift for a spin. My empathies for Pete stem from also being an adult New Yorker who cannot drive a car, much less a stick. My heart goes out to you, Campbell.
But this prideful folly strips Pete of the desired Chevy account and of his residence in Detroit altogether. Almost on a whim, he decides to high tail it to Los Angeles, mirroring the manifest destiny quabbled over by Don and Ted — both of whom are vying for Sunkist's California-based position in hopes of starting anew (Ted escaping his lust for Peggy, Don escaping... well, make a list). As Trudy spells out for Pete, he is "free" of the anchor that was his mother, and his detested family altogether (save for a brother with as little compassion as Pete has). In a way, Pete's real anchor is New York — making his flee to L.A. the most appropriate of the lot. His marital undoing was his zealous love not for other women but for the city, for the need to be in and a part of it. His destruction: the inability to drive (a uniquely New York problem). So, with a maternal stronghold on his psyche no longer, and the self-serving ability to leave his child behind without much of a thought (save for a soft, silent goodbye at the end of the episode), off to Los Angeles Pete goes.
As does Ted, winning the competition in the most unexpected of ways: with Don's blessing. Mere hours after professing his undying love to Peggy and his intention to commit to her, Ted returns home to his wife, realizing that the good man he has always prided himself as being could not conceivably desert his family — the anti-Don indeed. A crumbling Mr. Chaough flies off to Hollywood as Sunkist's local handler, leaving his involvement in next year's story ambiguous. But hey, Pete'll be out there, and we can't exactly be losing him, now can we?
As the theme of the episode is unequivocally freedom (Ted's from his love, Pete's from his roots, Don's from his secrets — but we'll get to that!), Peggy's seems to be from the men in her life, an entirely appropriate motif, in fact. Peggy entered the series as an entity representing the limitations for women in the 1960s as upheld by men. Men, not any men specifically but the very idea of men, were her enemy. And these same men, generally and specifically, she has trounced. Peggy's ascension at the end of Season 5 showed her stepping out of Don's grasp. Since then, we've seen her seek new employ and return to Sterling Cooper, this time with a new weapon in her arsenal, Ted Chaough: to reiterate, the anti-Don. A counter for everything Don can shoot her way. But Ted could only be a vehicle for Peggy, a means to independence as opposed to a new general to fight under. As the latter half of the season saw Ted descend into a bubbling puddle, Peggy gradually bore his arms and took on Don herself. Now, with Ted gone, Peggy is an independent military. And with Don gone, she exists beyond the conflict: Peggy, herself, reigns over the nation.
And oh yeah, Don's gone. Banished from Sterling Cooper (temporarily, but still) after a shocking display in a sales pitch to Hershey's. Conjuring memories of his own connotation with the chocolate bar company — a kindly hooker in the Whitman family whorehouse used to buy them for young Dick after he'd help her steal money from her clients — Don spills his story. All of it. Brought on by a new, challenging embrace of sobriety (itself inspired by a combination of Don's violent run-in with a minister in a bar, and his daughter Sally's hostile rebellion in experimentation with alcohol), Don faces the fact that the majority of his grief no longer comes from his past. It comes from his secrecy and his lies. In his childhood, Dick was planted inside a rigid fence. In his adulthood, Don reupholsters that fence by the day. But in the face of Ted Chaough, Roger Sterling, Harry Hamlin, and the brilliant men behind Hershey's, Don digs up the planks and decides: No more.
The drinking, the self-drive (in his decision to allow Ted his hospice in L.A.), and the lies are over. His relationship with Megan, as it seems, is over — out of her volition: Don's dismissal of their Hollywood opportunities, in company with his adherence to his family, has driven Megan away at last. Don Draper is over. And Dick Whitman is ushered in, as the ad man takes his three children on a Thanksgiving road trip to see the house, the brothel, in which he grew up. "Here it is, kids," Don says, recalling Sally's admission earlier this season that she doesn't know anything about him. "This is me."
And the marriage of his present with his past is exactly the story Don should be setting forth on in Season 7. The ascension to and beyond Draper's throne is the perfect way to cap Peggy's series-long arc. The seeking of self-worth in something across country? Dynamite stuff, Pete. Roger's new decision to pay devotion to his son Kevin, with Joan's blessing, is also a wonder. If only Joan had a bit more to do this year, we might be more excited for her turn come next season. And if only we knew what at all to expect from Bob Benson, we might begin to wonder how his story will unfold. But for the Big 3, we're thrilled — Mad Men seems to have all its cards in order.
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Veteran British actress Felicity Kendal is digging deep into her family history after discovering a long lost branch of relatives during a TV show. The Good Life star delved into her past for small screen documentary show Secrets from the Workhouse, which explores the dark history of Britain's poorest in Victorian times.
During the show, Kendal discovers her great-grandmother, Mary Liddell, had nine children and ended her days in a workhouse after her husband John threw her out, and the actress is convinced she has more unknown relatives.
She tells Britain's Daily Express, "It was a time where everything was covered up in society. Anything that didn't conform had to be erased. She was rubbed out of history like she didn't exist at all... Because Mary had nine children with John and he has descendants alive, my family must now be all over the place. So now I'm trying to find where the other children's children are. I've got someone helping me to do that detective work."
Actor Brian Cox is also among the famous faces who have taken part in Secrets from the Workhouse, which begins airing in the U.K. this week (beg24Jun13).

In the wake of The National Enquirer's leak of the court deposition highlighting Paula Deen's use of the n-word amongst other "racist confessions" and acts of racial discrimination, the celebrity chef chose not to show up for her scheduled Today show appearance on Friday. Instead of an interview, Deen released an edited video statement after posting a photo of herself filming the video on Twitter. In a very scripted statement, she says:
"I want to apologize to everybody for the wrong that I've done. I want to learn and grow from this. Inappropriate, hurtful language is totally, totally unacceptable. I've made plenty of mistakes along the way, but I beg you, my children, my team, my fans, my partners, I beg for your forgiveness. Please forgive me for the mistake that I've made."
What do you think: is she being sincere or just trying to butter us up?
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The Colbert Report returned Wednesday night after abruptly halting production for a few days due to the passing of Stephen Colbert’s mother, Lorna Colbert. The host opened his first show back without his usual bravado, taking a rare moment out of character to share a little bit about his mother’s life with the audience.
“If you watch this show, and you like this show, that’s because of everybody who works here and I’m lucky to be one of them. But when you watch this show, if you also like me, that’s because of my mom,” Colbert said tearfully.
While old photographs of her were shown on the screen, Colbert talked about his mother’s childhood, how she met her husband and what she was like as the mother of 11 children. Despite facing tragedy (her husband and two of her sons died in a plane crash in 1974), “her love for her family and her faith in God somehow gave her the strength not only to go on but to love life without bitterness,” Colbert said.
Colbert had previously taken time off the show in February 2012 when his mother had fallen ill. At the end of his moving tribute, he said, “Now we can back to the truly important work of television broadcasting, which is what she would want me to do.”
Watch the entire heartfelt clip below, but be warned: you may shed a tear or two.
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Susan Sarandon is a firm believer in the power of prayer because she is convinced her words to a higher power helped her realise the miracle of motherhood. The Oscar-winning actress was told she'd never be able to have children without surgery after she was diagnosed with endometriosis while she was filming The Hunger in the early 1980s.
Sarandon, who was raised a Catholic, admits she wasn't devastated by the health news because she didn't have a boyfriend at the time and had no firm plans to become a mum, but her life changed while she was shooting a film in Italy with Sir Anthony Hopkins.
She explains, "For years I didn't use birth control and I went to Italy to do a movie about Mussolini with Anthony Hopkins and I started seeing this young guy. He was Italian and spoke great English and was gorgeous. He was a nice guy, loved his family, loved Italy, and I finally got a chance to embrace my Italian side, which was why I decided to do the movie in the first place.
"I was gonna learn Italian and everything. And I had been praying, actually praying - because there's so many great churches in Italy - to find some more meaning in my life 'cause at this point, I felt really overqualified for my career. I was working but it wasn't enough and I felt this disconnect and I was 38.
"Nobody understood how this happened but I found myself pregnant. Everyone was telling me, 'You are crazy. Your career's going so well, you can't have a baby now and what are you gonna do and you barely know this guy... I just thought, 'You know, this is something I'm not overqualified for, this is gonna be really an interesting thing...' and so I said to Franco (Amurri), 'I've decided that I'm gonna have this baby and if you wanna be part of it, that's great. If you don't, that's great too.'
"I thought, 'What if this was an impossibility and it's happened, clearly it's meant to happen...? Let's just go for it.' And the rest is history. And I never had any regrets."
Sarandon gave birth to daughter Eva Amurri in March, 1985. She has since had two sons with former partner Tim Robbins.
The actress still has major ties to Italy - she is an honorary citizen of Ragusa in Sicily, where her grandfather was born. He emigrated to the U.S. in 1916, when he was just 15.

Emmy Award-Winning Comedian Sara Schaefer, Host Of MTV's Late Show Nikki &amp; Sara Live, Will Be Blogging The Bachelorette For Hollywood.Com All Season Long.
This week on The Bachelorette, the emotions were running high, as the group dates are still highly competitive and many of the men grapple to get some precious time with Desiree to tell her about their son/dying father/junkie mom. If you missed it, here are my top five moments from last night’s journey.
5. Juan Pablo May Be Venezuelan, But He Definitely Knows How to French
While the other boys were splitting their pants (poor Dan) on the Old West group date, Juan Pablo was using his foreign tongue to woo Desiree. She chose him as the winner of the cowboy challenge, and what romantic alone time awaited them? Watching The Lone Ranger in a barn, of course! It's the dream date women always fantasize about... Uh, what?
Nevertheless, Juan Pablo used his time wisely and went in for a sexy, popcorny kiss. (Isn’t it interesting how you can tell which guys are good kissers and which guys have only kissed blow-up dolls? Juan Pablo, from my detailed, DVR-enhanced analysis, knows how to smooch.)
4. Is Brooks This Season’s Tierra?
On the only slightly less violent dodgeball group date, Brooks proved his love for Desiree by snapping his finger in half. For a second there, I wondered if Brooks would become this season’s Tierra, drawing Desiree away from the group by faking injuries. If that was his plan, he didn’t account for the fact that Desiree was a firsthand witness to Tierra’s antics. In fact, she just kind of gave him a pat on the back and left him to go to the ER by himself. Buck up, fellas, Desiree is here to play the field, not nurse your wounds. Side note: how obviously doped up was Brooks when he returned to the party?
3. Ben’s Secret Dating Life
After surreptitiously taking Desiree for a 15-minute car ride, Ben was caught once again lying to the other guys. He denied having any alone time with her — but when confronted by Mikey T. and Michael G., he defended himself by saying, "My dating life is not public." You know what, he’s got a point! These guys should be ashamed for even discussing a private matter that's only between Ben, Desiree, and millions of Americans. Have some respect, fellas.
2. Brandon Is All Out of Tears
Poor Brandon. He just feels too much. Last night, the incident with Brian triggered some really painful memories of his mom’s active dating life. And naturally, this inspired him to tell Desiree that he is falling in love. Whoa. Whoa, whoa, whoa! This is Bachelorette 101, Brandon. Do not tell her you’re falling in love until you’re on the fantasy suite date — or, at the very earliest, the hometown visit. You fool! This was the nail in his coffin. When she let him go, he was shocked. Oh God, the look on his face. You could tell in that moment he’d already named their children. And then, I believe we may have witnessed the most depressing exit interview in Bachelorette history: "Once again, someone left me. Once again. Way to go Brandon." And then... "I'm not going to cry..."
"I'm just out of tears."
1. Oh Geez
The most hilarious scene from last night's episode began when Desiree's intense journaling was interrupted by a phone call from Chris Harrison. A phone call? Never a good sign. It turns out, one of the bachelors is... Oh God no... How can it be... HERE FOR THE WRONG REASONS!!! (Cue ominous organ music, shrieks of terror, the sound of a million candlescapes snuffed out.) Who is this louse? It's... drum roll... Brian! Who? Dang. It's not one of the guys the show has been focusing on. Just some random v-neck in the crowd.
But what terrible lie has Brian told? He has a girlfriend! And she is at the bachelor mansion! Oh it's on. Her name is Stephanie, and she is gonna let this guy have it. By this point, Desiree has pulled Brian aside to confront him, and when Stephanie appears, his reaction is hilarious. He simply says, "Oh geez."
Now, let me preface this by saying, I do not condone bumping bellies with someone two days before coming on The Bachelorette. But did anyone detect a sliiiiight amount of crazy coming from Stephanie? Chris Harrison kept telling her to stop talking, but she wasn't having it. This was her day to shine. And let’s be honest, "Oh geez" is something you mutter when your crazy drunk aunt shows up at Christmas.
Desiree, quite shaken from these events*, continued on her journey. In summary, there is much more drama to be had, and, interestingly, I think we saw soft-spoken Chris become a sneak-attack frontrunner this episode. I’m now rooting for him to make it to the end, but not be chosen, so I can possibly date him on the next season when he becomes The Bachelor.
*By "shaken" I mean, "totally unfazed."
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"Oh my God, Oh my God, Oh my God," was the only appropriate chorus for the colorful final 15 minutes of the penultimate episode of Game of Thrones' third season — hauntingly titled "The Rains of Castamere." Readers of George R. R. Martin's novels have been anticipating the bloody scenes that would take place in Sunday's episode since the series began and the episode's title was a harbinger of the betrayal to come. But for the purists who stick to HBO's version alone, the episode was no less heart-wrenching. For, by the time the credits rolled, we had lost three of the series' main characters (four, if you count four-legged characters).
I'll get to Daenerys' (Emilia Clark), Bran's (Issac Hempstead Wright), Jon's (Kit Harington), and Arya's (Maise Williams) stories in due time — but let's first focus on the carnage at the Twins.
Before we arrive at the Red Wedding (are all you non-book readers so happy you finally know what that means?) we had some ground to cover. Ground that was, for the most part, permeated with optimism and humor. From the episode's opening shots of Robb (Richard Madden) and Catelyn Stark (Michelle Fairley) planning their attack on Casterly Rock to Grey Wind leading the way to the Twins to our playful introduction to Walder Frey, it looked liked things were looking up for the King in the North.
But ultimately it was Robb's fatalistic proclamation, "We'll lose the war and die the way father died… or worse," and not the whiff of hope we were given, that won out — only, his prophecy was realized before he had a chance to lead his army anywhere near Casterly Rock. As breaking bread with one's guests — a guarantee of protection in Westerosi tradition — was obviously one vow Frey didn't mind breaking.
Edmure Tully's wedding at the Twins started with a fortuitous twist — his bride wound up being not one of Walder's homely daughters or pre-pubescent granddaughters, but the lovely Roslin. Edmure's glee was evident on his face during the entire wedding ceremony, feast, and bedding ceremony. Talisa (Oona Chaplin) and Robb share a tender moment as well when she tells Robb that, should she give birth to a boy, she would like to name him Eddard. Seeing Catelyn's hint of a smile as she stands quiet witness to her eldest son's love is both heartwarming and heartbreaking, considering what is to come.
But there the happiness ended. The way the audience realized along with Catelyn that something was not right — first as the guard locks the banquet hall's door and then as Catelyn discovers Roose Bolton's armor — was one of the best parts of this finely crafted episode. In a few quick, clever shots the mood turns from joyful to terrifying as the audience experiences first Catelyn's unease and then her horror. As a fan of Martin's books, I think this aspect of the episode most perfectly captured the spirit of Storm of Swords. The impending dread one feels while watching the events unfold — on the page as well as on the screen — is almost as painful as witnessing the massacre itself. Almost.
Having Talisa present at the Red Wedding is a departure from the book (Jeyne Westerling is kept safely away), and one that raises the scene's stakes. Robb is forced to watch his wife and unborn child die before he is savagely stabbed to death, and Catelyn sees it all. Catelyn, believing Robb to be the last of her children alive, is at her most desperate, her most crazed, in these final moments. Having her throat cut is almost a mercy, considering the loss and trauma she would have felt should she have lived through this ordeal. Again… almost.
As the credits roll on "The Rains of Castamere," the Lannisters have the most power we've seen to date. The clash of kings is now down to three — Joffrey, Stannis, Dany (well, technically she's a queen) — as the North effectively crumbles. It seems, now more than ever, that the good guys are going to finish last. If only Dany's dragons would hurry up and grow already.
Speaking of dragons….
ODDS AND ENDS:
- More satisfying than Jorah, Worm, and Daario Naharis' battle with the Yunkai guards was the look Jorah gave Dany when she made her attraction to Daario evident. Dany's storyline has long felt stale to me, only occasionally peppered by moments of greatness (such as her acquirement of the Unsullied a few weeks back), and this love triangle might be just what's needed to spice things up.
- Jon Snow's plot is another that has felt redundant as of late, so this mini battle between him and the Wildlings — and his separation from the group — was a welcome departure. More heart-wrenching than watching Jon leave Ygritte behind, though, was knowing just how close he was to being reunited with Bran and Rickon.
- Speaking of, Bran finally did something cool! And Rickon got a nice little monologue. I'll be sad to see Osha go, but their split needed to happen in order for Bran to fully learn the extent of his warg powers.
- And that brings me to Arya and the Hound. Arya has been a scene-stealing character from the very beginning, and — much like her relationship with Tywin Lannister in Season 2 — her conversations with the Hound have been highlights of this season for me. Her frankness and courage is astounding, as is the Hound's surprising, tacit compassion for the youngest Stark girl. Arriving moments after the violence, Arya witnessed the atrocity of the Red Wedding through the murder of Grey Wind. Her tardiness surely saved her life, but Arya has yet again born witness to the murder of her family while remaining just barely on the action's outskirts.
Finally, some spoilery bits for the book readers. Stop now if you haven't read the books!
As I wondered in my spoiler-filled post before the season began, I still hope (sickly, of course) that we get a glimpse of Grey Wind's head sewn on Robb Stark's body. How can HBO pass up such a nightmare-inducing image?
And, how long do you think we have before Lady Stoneheart makes an appearance? In the books we first meet her in the prologue of A Feast for Crows, but I hope we don't have to wait until Season 5 for her grisly appearance.
See you all next week for the Season 3 finale, in which we find out whether anything can top "The Rains of Castamere."
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Janet Jackson has signed up as the face of a new campaign for the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) to help stamp out starvation in Africa. The pop superstar has filmed a new public service announcement (PSA) for the organisation, in which she urges fans to contribute to ongoing efforts to combat malnutrition in the Sahel region of West and Central Africa.
Jackson insists the anti-hunger campaign is close to her heart because of her past battles with weight problems.
She says, "I believe in a world where there are zero children dying of malnutrition and other preventable causes. That is why I will raise awareness and support for the lifesaving solutions that are available, and my promise to all children is to make sure that people around the world are listening and participating in the change that must happen. UNICEF is the best possible partner for this change...
"I understand what it means to starve intentionally. I understand what it means to eat obsessively. My battles with weight and self-esteem are so personal and yet the media has made them very public. I feel called upon to bring food and love to children who don't have any."